Jahan Abbasi

Jahan Abbasi (1659-1701) was a general of the Crimean Khanate.

Biography
Jahan Abbasi was born in 1659 in Bakhchisaray (present-day Bakhchysarai, Crimea, Russia), and Abbasi became a general of the Crimean Khanate. In 1701, he led a Crimean army to repel the invading Russian army of Ivan Mazepa, and he met the Russians in battle near what is now Kolguchino. Abbasi led a cavalry charge against the Russians, but he was killed in a clash with the Russians' own horsemen. Bakhchisaray fell to the Russians shortly after his death and the defeat of his army.